Autophone

A brand of coin-operated automatic phonographs with headphones, patented in 1930s.

Proper noun

  1. A brand of coin-operated automatic phonographs with headphones, patented in 1930s.
  2. Several brands of telephones and phone services.
  3. A very early brand of table-top mechanical organette using a punched card to operate the music mechanism.

Origin

From auto- + -phone.

Forms

Autophones